Updated 5.15pm
Five men were arrested on suspicion of trafficking heroin after drug squad police swooped down on a Ħamrun square this afternoon.
Several people who were in Pjazza San Pawl - a stone's throw away from Ħamrun police station - were searched during the 1pm raid.
Police arrested five of those searched, aged between 19 and 37, after finding suspected heroin and cannabis on them.
They are being held for further questioning, police said in a statement.